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Faceless Silenter

21 November 2011 Pilchards DAY2day

It is almost a week since I quit facebook and twitter. I’m still far from where I’d like to be. This does not happen overnight.

I have lost touch with a lot of my friends, not that I had many to begin with. I have tried to keep contact with a few, but only one came to the party. Communication has become all about twitter, facebook and email, although mail has become archaic in a way. What about those people who don’t have such tech? I’d say good old SMS – telegraph style, but unfortunately savvy people [just] don’t care.

Let me call for an experiment!?
My cell has a social at the end of every month. I haven’t heard any bit of anything about the social. Last month I think a trend was started – go out for socials. They are more fun and less awkward. I wonder if my imagination serves correct? Where shall cell social be held??

I’m dowsing off on day 6 – if you ever lose count, check the counter on the top right! And mouse over for more info…

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Some ISPs redirect port 25 to their own SMTP server

6 September 2011 Pilchards Fishy

I have finally discovered what the cause is for my clients being unable to send their mail using our SMTP server and authenticating every time they send a mail : Their very own ISP who redirects port 25.
It took my client over an hour with his ISP on the phone for them to own up to redirecting port 25. Using twitter, it took me less than ten minutes!

Who can I wave my fist at?
SPAM

What will I rant about?
ISP support (in general)

Bill Bob is clever – he decided to call his ISP because he cannot send his mail.
Immediately without fail his ISP tells him to call his email provider, because his domain’s MX record doesn’t point to the ISP’s mail server.
Bill Bob calls his email provider who asks if he can browse the internet.
Either: Bill Bob tries and cant, so is told to call his ISP to sort his internet access out;
OR: Bill Bob can browse the internet, receive mail but cannot send mail. Bill Bob is asked to open his email settings. The SMTP server in use is his ISP’s mail server.
The email provider will often tell Bill Bob to call his ISP. I rather ask who the ISP is and then compare their setting to what I find on the ISP’s website – if that doesn’t help, then I refer them to their ISP with specific instructions to tell their ISP, like “I can’t send mail using smtp.ispispisp.co.za.”
I also give them the option to use our SMTP sever on port 587.

Now that’s why I’m frustrated at most ISPs!

My rant will die in half – I tried to write this in between working, and now that I want to go home – go figure!

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Craving for things I have given up

23 August 2011 Pilchards Fishy

Today has not been easy. I see twitter and facebook everywhere. I so just want to see what is happening to others. I have had some rather interesting things to tweet about, but I cant tweet them because I gave up those things for this week.

For example, I saw one of my school teachers in the shops yesterday. I was grabbing some chips, and she was paying at the till. She waved. I waved.

Must have been due to my college scarf, or my bright clothing. Miss V taught me French in standard 6/form 1/grade 8 – I’m not in the mood to attempt to spell her name – fur-mew-len

I rushed home during tea, only to be told that the drain is blocked. I had heard the words, “the toilet inside is open” – glad it was only the blocked drain. We have real wooden floors, so it would have been a bummer if I had to clean up that mess!

I want to play minecraft again. At work and at home. All this free time is wasting away. I have a Bible with me, so when I have free time then the Bible is meant to help fill the gap.

Oh rats, how I just want to tweet again. Can’t I just take a peek at the twitter feed.

It all seems pointless, but it is not pointless.
I did this to free up time. I need to get back to God and read about his majesty.
I’m lost. My life has turned upside-down. I need to fix the empty void by filling it with all things GOD. I tried it without God, but none of my problems went away.
All that I do know is that my God can help me.

My cravings will melt away, and I will be happy once again.
All I now want is God’s Words (found in a Bible) and fellowship at cell tonight!

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